Sunday mornings are typically reserved for the faithful. And in a huge, fluorescent-lit basement near Manhattan’s Union Square Park, a congregation of some of hip-hop’s finest producers – Diamond D, Da Beatminerz, Buckwild – spend this particular march Sabbath worshipping at the shrine of the beat gods: the New York City Record Convention. In the...
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RAISE IT UP: VOLUME 2 Join LA’s finest as we celebrate the Life & Legacy of the one and only JAMES ‘J DILLA’ YANCEY On his 38th Birthday Although the lineup is a secret, 17 of LA’s-and hip hop’s-finest DJs will be in the house & on the turntables spinning special tribute sets to DILLA....
Tuff Gong
Happy birthday to Robert “Nesta” Marley. One of the most prolific, influential, and misunderstood person of our time. If he was still physically here, Bob Nesta would have been 67 years old. ““The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those...
E/DiLLA
I told you, “The floodgates are open!” February is thick with J Dilla tributes and today’s pick is a mix by the homie and fellow Rick & Ray fam, ERok. I caught him last night at Basicali‘s release party and was convinced that he is one of the best super technical djs out there. He...
VX
I’ve been on some left shit lately. I was just inspired by this Stretch and Bobbito compilation last night and today I’m bumping some Venus X. I wanted to share it with you and hopefully you can feel it. I’m off on that whole scary part (around the 12:30 mark) and always fast forward to...